>
> It's awfully quiet in here, I hope this mailing list is still alive...
>
it probably means that devfs does not have any problems :)
> Anyway, I'm having some problems with devfs during boot. My system is
> working fine, that's not the problem. What is, however, is that I want to
> make a bootable CD and I was very glad with the existence of
> /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 and alike. However, my kernel (on a test bootfloppy)
> complains that it can't access that device. It does work if I use
> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/cd and alike. But then, I need to know
> where my CD is located. Also, on my system, when I want LILO to append a
> root statement to the kernel command line, I can't use
> /dev/discs/disc0/part1 either. Again, I have to use
> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1.
I can. Probably lilo problem:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-2mdk
label=test1
root=/dev/discs/disc0/part5
read-only
optional
vga=788
append=" devfs=mount apm=power_off,realmode_power_off"
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-2mdk.img
bor@cooker% rpm -qi lilo
Name : lilo Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version : 22.3.2 Vendor: MandrakeSoft
Release : 5mdk
...
In the latter case, I'll survive
> (it's still annoying, though) but in the former, I do want it to work. I
> guess I could use an initrd image which will use /dev/cdroms/cdrom0, but
> that is just extra trouble. I would say that it should work, or else
> should be added to the kernel.
>
> My setup: kernel 2.4.19 compiled with devfs set to mount at boot, cdrom
> driver and isofs included. LILO append line:
>
> append = "devfs=only root=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0" (which doesn't work)
>
> or, (doesn't work either)
>
> append = "devfs=mount root=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0"
>
> If someone knows how to help me, please let me know!
>
Is cdrom module or statically compiled in kernel?
-andrey
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